Alcatel 7044X Quick Start Guide

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7044X

Quick Start Guide

Please note your phone is battery embedded design with removable back cover and not removable battery. Unauthorized personnel are strictly prohibited from disassembling the phone.

If your phone isn’t working normally, try to restart it by pressing and holding the Power key for at least 7 seconds until the startup screen appears.

If your phone develops a serious error and can’t be restored by restarting it, you may need to restore factory settings by pressing and holding the Power key and Volume up key until the startup screen appears. Then select "reboot system now" and press the Power key to confirm.

Note: Please take care when performing such operations because they will erase personalized settings and data saved in your phone, such as SMS, Contacts, Music, etc.

For more information about how to use your cellphone, please visit www.alcatelonetouch.com to download the complete user manual. From the website, you can consult the FAQ, perform software upgrades, etc.

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Table of contents

 

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Your mobile

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2

Text input

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Phone call

12

4

People

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5

Messaging

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Email

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7

Getting connected

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Find my location using GPS satellites

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Data backup

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10

Factory data reset

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Applications & Internal storage

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12

Making the most of your phone

22

Safety and use

24

General information

31

Warranty

33

Troubleshooting

34

 

This product meets applicable national SAR limits

 

of 2.0 W/kg. The specific maximum SAR values

 

can be found on page 28 of this user guide.

 

 

When carrying the product or using it while worn

 

on your body, either use an approved accessory

 

such as a holster or otherwise maintain a

www.sar-tick.com distance of 1.0 cm from the body to ensure

 

compliance with RF exposure requirements.

 

Note that the product may be transmitting even

 

if you are not making a phone call.

 

PROTECT YOUR HEARING

To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods. Exercise caution when holding your device near your ear while the loudspeaker is in use.

1 Your mobile

1.1Keys and connectors

Headset connector

Front camera

LED indicator

Touch screen

Back key

Home key

Recents key

Micro-USB Connector

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Alcatel 7044X Quick Start Guide

 

Camera

Volume

Camera Flash/

Flashlight

key

 

Power

 

key

 

Recents key

Touch to view recent used applications.

Home key

From any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen.

Touch and hold to open Google search.

Back key

Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close a dialog box, options menu, the notification panel, etc.

These keys are visible once you click the key position when the screen lights up.

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Power key

Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen.

Press and hold: Show the pop-up menu to select from Power off/Reboot/Airplane mode.

Press the Power key for more than 7s to restart.

Press the Power key and Volume up key to reset.

Press the Power key and Volume down key to capture a screenshot.

Volume Keys

In call mode, adjusts the earpiece or headset volume.

In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjusts the media volume.

In general mode, adjusts the ringtone volume.

Mutes the ringtone of an incoming call.

In camera preview mode, press Volume up or down key to enter burst shoot.

1.2Getting started

1.2.1Set-up

Removing or installing the back cover

Inserting or removing the SIM card

You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your phone before inserting or removing the SIM card.

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To install, place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards into the housing and slide it into its slot. Make sure that it is correctly inserted.To remove the card, press and slide it out.

Your phone only supports micro-SIM cards. Do not

attempt to insert other SIM types like mini and nano cards;

otherwise this may cause damage to your phone.

Installing or removing the microSD card

Insert the microSD card with the golden contacts facing downwards into the slot. To remove the microSD card, gently press and slide it out.

To avoid data loss and SD card damage, before removing

the SD card, please ensure that the SD card is unmounted

(Settings\Storage\Unmount SD card).

Charging the battery

Connect the battery charger to your phone and wall socket respectively, the LED indicator will light while charging.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when the battery is fully charged, disconnect your charger; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

1.2.2Power on your phone

Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take a few seconds before the screen lights up.

Set up your phone for the first time

The first time you power on the phone, you should set the following options: Input method, Google account, Location, etc.

Even if no SIM card is installed, your phone will still power on and you will be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network, sign into your Google account and use some of the phone's features.

1.2.3Power off your phone

Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the phone options appear, select Power off.

1.3Home screen

You can move all of items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) you use most frequently to your Home screen for quick access.Touch the Home key to switch to the Home screen.

Status bar

Status/Notification indicators

Touch and drag down to open the notification panel.

Search bar

Touch to enter text search screen.

Touch to enter voice search screen.

Touch an icon to open an application, folder, etc.

Favourite tray applications

Touch to enter the application.

Touch and hold to move or change applications.

Touch to enter application list.

The Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left and right to get a complete view.

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1.3.1Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Touch and Hold

Touch and hold the item to enter the available options.

Drag

Place your finger on the screen to drag an object to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen up and down to scroll through the applications, images, web pages, etc.

The device also supports one finger zoom (Messaging, Browser, Email, Camera and Gallery) by double tapping the screen then sliding with one finger to zoom in/out).

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Pinch/Spread

Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways to have a better view.

1.3.2Status bar

From the status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side) and notification information (to the left side).

Status icons

 

GPRS connected

 

No signal

 

 

 

 

 

GPRS in use

 

Alarm is set

 

 

 

 

 

EDGE connected

 

Bluetooth is on

 

 

 

 

 

EDGE in use

 

Connected to a

 

 

Bluetooth device

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3G connected

 

Speakerphone is on

 

 

 

 

 

3G in use

 

Roaming

 

 

 

 

 

HSPA (3G+) connected

 

Headset connected

 

 

 

 

 

HSPA (3G+) in use

 

No SIM card installed

 

 

 

 

 

HSPA+ connected

 

Vibrate mode

 

 

 

 

 

HSPA+ in use

 

Ringer is silenced

 

 

 

 

 

4G connected

 

Phone microphone

 

 

is mute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4G in use

 

Battery is very low

 

 

 

 

 

Signal strength

 

Battery is low

 

 

 

 

 

Wi-Fi is on

 

Battery is partially

 

 

drained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connected to a Wi-Fi

 

Battery is full

 

network

 

 

 

 

 

Airplane mode

 

Battery is charging

 

 

 

 

 

GPS is on

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notification icons

 

New Gmail message

 

Missed call

 

 

 

 

 

New Email message

 

Call forwarding is on

 

 

 

 

 

New text or multimedia

/

Song is playing/pause

 

message

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem with SMS or

 

Connected to VPN

 

MMS delivery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Google Hangouts

 

Radio is on

 

message

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New voicemail

 

Audio share

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming event

 

Uploading data

 

 

 

 

 

Screenshot error

 

Download finished

 

 

 

 

 

Screenshot captured

 

Select input method

 

 

 

 

 

MicroSD card is full

 

An open Wi-Fi network

 

 

is available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No SD card

 

Phone is connected via

 

 

USB cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparing SD card

 

System update available

 

 

 

 

 

Both USB tethering and

 

Carrier data use

 

 

threshold approaching

 

portable hotspot are on

 

 

 

or exceeded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB tethering is on

 

More notifications are

 

 

hidden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

 

 

 

is on

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drag down the Status bar to open the Notification panel and drag down again to open the Quick setting panel. Touch and drag up to close it.When there are notifications, you can touch them to access notifications directly.

Notification panel

When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Notification panel to read more detailed information.

Touch to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing notifications will remain).

Quick setting panel

Touch the Notification panel to open the Quick setting panel.You can enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons.

Touch to access Settings, where you can set more items.

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1.3.3Search bar

The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate information within applications, the phone, or the web.

1.3.4Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password etc.

1.3.5 Personalise your Home screen

Add

You can touch and hold a folder, an application, or a widget to activate the Move mode and drag the item to any Home screen as you prefer.

Reposition

Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the Home screen and the Favourite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.

Remove

Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, drag the item up to the top of the icon, and release after the item turns red.

Create folders

To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screen, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top of another.To rename a folder, open it and touch the folder’s title bar to input the new name.

Wallpaper customization

Touch and hold the empty space in the homescreen and choose Wallpaper to customise wallpaper or you could access this function by Settings\Display\Wallpaper.

1.3.6Volume adjustment

You can set the ringer, media and phone ringtone volumes to your preference by pressing the Volume up/down key, or touching

Settings\Sound & notification\Media volume to set the volume.

2 Text input

2.1Using Onscreen Keyboard

Onscreen Keyboard settings

Touch Settings\Language & input, touch the keyboard you want to setup and a series of settings will become available for your selection.

Adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientation

Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientation. You can also adjust it by changing the settings (Touch

Settings\Display\Auto-rotate screen).

2.1.1Android keyboard

Touch to switch "abc/Abc" mode; Touch & hold to switch "abc/ABC" mode.

Touch to switch between symbol and numeric keyboard.

Touch to enter text or numbers.

Touch & hold to select symbols.

Touch to input comma; touch & hold to show input options.

2.2Text editing

You can edit the text you have entered.

Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit.

Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.

The following options will show: Select all , Cut , Copy

and Paste .

Touch the icon to go back without any action.

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